by Laurie Sullivan Google began rolling out Place Search to combine local and organic listings on Google.com when searchers look for information around location. It aggregates results based on places, so searchers can compare information,…
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER This week Google is introducing two new features. One is a new way to search — Place Search, for finding local businesses along with maps and reviews. The other is a…
By MALIA WOLLAN SAN FRANCISCO — It was just about a year ago that Kevin Faler came up with his get-rich-quick marijuana scheme. No, he does not plan to sell the drug, even if Californians…
Universal Orlando, Florida will live-stream scenes from two scare zones at Halloween Horror Nights for one hour Friday evening. Folks not wanting to face Fear in person at the theme park can go to www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/news_index.html…
Sharon Gaudin Microsoft advanced its partnership with Facebook this week, a move that could be the biggest threat to Google’s search standing yet. Microsoft and Facebook announced that they’re teaming up to make Internet searching more…
By Linda Shrieves Halloween can be a frightening holiday, but safety experts want it to be safe — for you and your trick-or-treaters. Here are 13 lucky tips from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,…
MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — At the end of nearly every training session, Matt Whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle. “I do it pretty religiously,” said Whitmore, 25, a gym trainer…
Caution, cleanliness advised to avoid common skin infections. Jane E. Brody When you go to the gym, do you wash your hands before and after using the equipment? Bring a clean mat for floor exercises?…
By TARA PARKER-POPE Americans are thousands of steps behind other countries when it comes to daily physical activity, according to new research that used pedometers to measure movement. The study tracked the steps of 1,136 adults…
By TARA PARKER-POPE Egg dishes can be a great way to serve up more vegetables at dinner time, explains Martha Rose Shulman in this week’s Recipes for Health. Like omelets and frittatas, scrambled eggs make a…
By TARA PARKER-POPE PARENTING has never been an easy job, but mothers and fathers today face challenges in raising their children that their own parents may never have had to address. While children have always been…
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Should you stretch before a run? That question, which has prompted countless academic studies, debates and inter-running-partner squabbles, is now at the heart of a notable new study published in August on the Web…
By MARILYNN LARKIN Dr. Barry E. Levin, a neurologist at New Jersey Medical School, has been investigating the brain’s role in obesity for more than 20 years. His recent findings suggest that exercise early in life…
The drug destroys the receptors and as a result may, over time, permanently reduce dopamine levels, sometimes leading to symptoms normally associated with Parkinson’s disease like tremors and muscle twitches. As addiction deepens, meth wreaks…
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Susan Wojcicki, the Google executive who oversees advertising and who also supplied the garage where Google was founded, has been given a promotion. Ms. Wojcicki has been named a senior vice president, Eric E….
By BRIAN STELTER Last month at a meeting in Hollywood, it was time to plot out the sequel to “Star Trek,” last year’s blockbuster reboot of the sci-fi franchise. The attendees all brought smartphones — gadgets…
By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON — Doctors told Ann B. Maddox that she had thyroid cancer and that the cure was to swallow radioactive iodine, to kill the malignant cells. She traveled 500 miles from her home…
By Barbara Hodapp TVs GL1 Series Regza line of the Japanese manufacturer, whose screens are high definition LCD, will be available in versions 12 and 20 inches diagonally in Japan. They are compatible with Blu-Ray 3D….
The Daytona Beach area is known around the world for its award-winning springtime festival season, but did you know that the latter part of the year is also loaded with festival fun? We’re calling it…
Daytona Florida Bad Beat Jackpot Review Daytona has two separate jackpots, one for Texas Hold ‘em and one for Stud. Since Hold ‘em is the more popular game, its jackpot is larger on average than…
by Steve Ruddock In a strange court filing a Florida man, Scott Crespo, is attempting to recover poker losses he has suffered over some 700 tournaments, by suing 6 top online poker players. The lawsuit stems…
The Game Texas Hold ‘Em is Seven Card Stud where each player gets two down cards; Hole cards with the remaining five up cards; Community cards being placed in the center of the table which…
Owing to its frequently large pots, Omaha Hi/Lo (also called “Omaha High Low”, “Omaha H/L”, “Omaha/8” or “Omaha 8-or-better “) has become a hugely popular game around the world. Each player in an Omaha Hi/Lo…
Driven by the popularity of televised poker, particularly major events such as the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the European Poker Tour,Texas Hold’em (more commonly, ‘Hold’em’) has become the world’s most popular poker game, both in live casinos…
by Steve Badger Hollywood now often uses gambling, and less often card playing, to add a flavor to a movie. This occurred in the 20th Century too, but less often. Unfortunately most of these movies…
The history of Poker is thought to have evolved over more than ten centuries from various games, all involving the basic principals of ranked card or domino combinations and the use of ‘bluffing’ to deceive…
As a growing number of states turn to gambling as a source of additional revenue, compulsive gambling is on the rise. “For most people who gamble, it is a social and recreational activity that does…
By KENNETH CHANG The Moon, at least at the bottom of a deep, dark cold crater near its south pole, seems to be wetter than the Sahara, scientists reported Thursday. In lunar terms, that is an oasis, surprisingly…
By WILLIAM NEUMAN Shoppers in the supermarket today can buy chicken free of nearly everything but adjectives. It comes free-range, cage-free, antibiotic-free, raised on vegetarian feed, organic, even air-chilled. Coming soon: stress-free? Two premium chicken producers, Bell…
By DOMINIQUE BROWNING MY mother hates it. My sister worries about it. My agent thinks I’m hiding behind it. A concerned friend suggests that it undermines my professional credibility. But in the middle of my…
Jun. 6, 2007 eBay has reportedly acquired community-based Web search tool StumbleUpon for US $75 million. The online auction company is once again reaching outside its core competency for a strategic acquisition; one that straddles…
Launched in 2002 by three 20-somethings in a Calgary, Alberta, apartment,StumbleUpon now has 2 million registered users drawn by its knack for finding websites that match their interests and those of others with similar tastes…
By: Tim Bajarin Sites like StumbleUpon add a dimension of entertainment to the art of searching. A lot of guys are flippers, taking command of the TV remote and cycling through the channels to find out what’s…
By Joseph Menn and Chris Nuttall Hewlett-Packard has become the first computer manufacturer to release a tablet running Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, releasing a model aimed at US business users on Friday, more than six…
The Tourist – Release Date: Dec 10, 2010 Set in the early 1990s during the Bosnian War, follows a young banker named Mike who escapes the mundane by travelling to Bosnia at weekends in order…
By Tracey E. Schelmetic Starbucks has announced that it is partnering with both Apple (News – Alert) and Yahoo to create a sort of exclusive, in-store digital content network. The network, which debuts at the coffee chain this week, will…
New Online Learning Center and Community Provide Valuable Step-by-Step Education and Resources for Mastering Home Technology NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon has launched its new Room to Learn social media website (http://roomtolearn.verizon.com) to help customers…
(Reuters) – Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile operator, will start offering a lower priced mobile data service with limited downloads on October 28, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move by…
Data plan starts at $20 a month for 1GB By Matt Hamblen Computerworld -Verizon Wireless will put the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab running Android 2.2 on sale Nov. 11 for $599.99, the carrier said today….
By Reuters Verizon Wireless will join rival carrier AT&T in selling Apple Inc’s iPad later this month, showing it may move closer to disrupting the tight relationship between the device maker and AT&T. All three…
As the video store dies off, it’s worth pausing to take stock of what we’ll miss about it By Christopher Borrelli What’s lost when we lose our video stores? We’ve wrung hands over the closing…
All the big name Consumer Electronics giants like Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Philips, Vizio, etc. have announced a slew of Plasma and LCD 3D TVs that will be released over the course of 2010. These manufacturers…
By: Wendy Sheehan Donnell Here’s what you need to consider before you take the plunge into the third dimension with a new 3D HDTV. If finding the right HDTV wasn’t hard enough, now you need to decide if…
The Apple iPad cat is officially out of its bag, but it’s not going to be the only tablet game in town. There are a number of other devices out there in various stages from “barely…
Reviewed by Donald Bell The Apple iPad is an unprecedented device. It doesn’t shoot rainbows or make puppies, but this roughly 8×10-inch tablet computer melds your laptop, smartphone, gaming console, and iPod into a single,…
Parents Should Use Opportunity to Teach ‘Why’ and Good Behavior From Robin McClure Child experts agree that kids shouldn’t be forced to say “sorry” when they do something wrong. However, that doesn’t mean kids should be…
Tips For Easing Goodbyes From Robin McClure Some children can’t wait to try a new adventure, meet new friends, or stay at a new care setting. Other kids, however, become anxious and even fearful of separating from…
How to Organize a Home By Keath Low An ADHD family friendly household is one in which family members are patient with one another and solution focused. There are also proactive ways to structure and organize the house…
From Robin McClure Question: Biting Child: What Can Parents Do To Stop A Biting Child ? A distressed mom recently appealed for help about what to do with a biting child. She said her provider has…
From Robin McClure Question: How Can I Help My Child Adjust To Daycare? Whether it’s a first-time daycare experience, having a child start daycare after being off for an extended time (such as summer or holiday…
